Dave Highland–church volunteer

Video and story by Zhao Jingting
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Story and video by Jingting Zhao

Dave Highland is a Human Resource Manager of Bedford Plant and a devoted volunteer in Sherwood Oaks Christian Church (SOCC). He gets involved in a variety of activities to help others, such as Furniture Giveaway, Care Fest, and International Coffee Hour. His wife is also a volunteer in SOCC. They help international students to practice their English and learn basic knowledge about Christian once a week in  International Coffee Hour.
"People that brave enough to step out to do that, for the education, for
the career, and for the adventure of it. I really feel connection with
them and can help them to succeed in that." Dave said.

Listen to Dave talking about the Furniture Giveaway this year. You can see the clip below.

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The Care Fest in 2007 is an activity involved one thousand church members. They helped to work in the parks, schools and communities. The goal was to make B-town more beautiful.

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His wife Chris told us how they shared the Thanksgiving dinner together with international students and did pies at their house last year.

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"You can share meal, ideas and your lifestyle at that point. It does
really feel wonderful to be a part of that." Chris said. 
 
Chris talked about the fun when they shared different experience, such as watching the sports game, playing games and having parties at their house.

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An IU student from Japan Ryosuke Koyama talked about his friendship with Dave’s family. 

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See the entire video:

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Related:
For more information about SOCC, please see here. www.socc.org 
Want to know more about volunteer opportunities in Bloomington, see here.
city of bloomington volunteer network